Category: STARTUPS

The formidable team was born and the pact was sealed as GrabTaxi, Ola, Didi Kuaidi, and Lyft inked a worldwide partnership to lead into the ride sharing business and get ahead of their best competitor, Uber. Sounds like this only happens in the movies but the pride of lions is definitely coming out of the jungle from India, China, US, and Southeast Asia and make a killing with their strategic global partnership, as announced last December 4. These four companies will roll out their partnership by the first quarter of 2016 and this is one heck of a team to beat and […]

Tatt Awards 2015 goes beyond the usual search for recognizing this year’s top social media movers and shakers, defining each individual, group, and communities who made impact on the Internet. Tatt Awards 2015 theme ‘Greatness Amplified‘ removes the labels by pushing without limits the greatness of each nominees. “No spoilers. But you will witness something new tonight,” said Dan Horan, Senior Advisor for Consumer Business at Globe, who engaged with us in a conversation as we waited for the official announcement of the Tatt Awards 2015 launch last night at The Globe Tower. Currently on its fifth year, Globe Telecom mobile brand […]

A two-story office space somewhere in Mandaluyong City houses a tech startup composed of true-blooded geeks in shorts and slippers enjoying an office environment where there’s free food, a billiard table, a ping-pong table, musical instruments, skates and long boards, gym equipment, and wow, even a massage table! What they’re building: the truest real-time technology in the world, now in the form of the Blumr app! Blumr is a Filipino-made live media application launching the world’s most precise real-time technology with its app’s features Blurt, Switch, and Trends that allow its users to experience life as it happens and […]

More than 1,000 GrabCar Peers got their LTFRB accreditation today, Aug. 20, 2015. Use SALUTE promo code valid until Aug. 31 to get P50 off when you book GrabCar or GrabCar+ Premium. Viewed 44352 times by 4568 viewers ADMINJuan Manila Express is a magazine-themed blog of different niche from daily grind to headline news, to entertainment updates and social media related topics. Email us at [email protected] for your suggestions and comments. Thank you for visiting!More Posts

With the popularity of mobile for taxi booking app services in the Philippines, GrabTaxi has been leading in terms of more satisfied passengers using the app, based on reviews and conversations with the drivers themselves who shared stories of how much GrabTaxi changed their lives by providing them with more steady income. “Sipag at tiyaga lang ser,” (Hardwork, sir) was what Angelito Ombay told us, who drives plate number WFI 650 when we asked him how he got to earn a very generous income from driving for GrabTaxi. “Masipag lang po talaga ako mag-accept ng bookings ng mga pasahero ko para mas lalong […]

Do you like to draw? Imagine millions of Brainly users worldwide seeing your artwork! It’s very easy to take part in. Draw your doodle. Make it be unique, quirky, colorful, and engaging. The technique and theme is up to you, but it should demonstrate what is great about learning and your favorite school subjects. Post it to your Facebook (make sure it is set to public, in other case it won’t be visible), Twitter or Instagram account. Use the hashtag #BrainlyDoodle. That’s all, folks! The deadline for submission is August 7. The winner will be announced on Brainly’s various social media […]

The Co-Foundry (TCF) announced their partnership with several investors and ‘kickstarters’ in the Philippines yesterday in their inauguration at A Space Manila in Pasay City; giving starters the benefit to promote and accelerate their businesses. First five startups include companies that venture in the field of medicine and health industry, children education, job finding, product tracking, and sales reporting. These companies are all given the chance to introduce themselves at the inaugural on that day. The first one to speak is Matchimi, a online job seeker application especially designed for mobile access. This mobile app helps job finders locate their desired job […]

Starting a new business takes a lot of effort and requirements to fill in. Aside from coming up with a great name, business should now have an online presence, a website for everyone to know that the business exists. There are step-by-step and guidelines on how to open and register a business to follow. RJ Ledesma, co-founder, Mercato Centrale, believes that great business ideas were created when something wrong or problems arise. Lots’A Pizza president Teresita Ngan Tan also agreed to that. See related Lots’A Pizza article here. Ledesma and Tan were both part of Globe #MyBusinessPOSTPAID launch which was held earlier today […]

Globe Telecom announced their venture into VOD (Video on Demand) with Singtel, Sony Pictures Television, and Warner Bros. Entertainment start-up venture called HOOQ during last night’s celebration of 5th Wonderful World with Globe held at The Eye at Green Sun Hotel in Makati. HOOQ is a start-up joint venture between Singtel, Sony Pictures Television, and Warner Bros. Entertainment that will enable customers of Globe Telecom to enjoy unlimited online streaming access and an offline viewing option to top Hollywood and Filipino movie and television content, via any device including computers, smartphones and tablets. Sounds interesting. HOOQ has more than 10,000 movies and […]

A Startup from the Philippines, and four more across Asia are up for funding via the Seedstars World Crowd Fund, which allows European investors to invest with a minimum of 100£. The fund is running via Seedrs, the first crowdfunding platform for funds in Europe (equity crowdfunding). Salarium, a Philippine startup wins in the Seedstars World Competition in Switzerland and $500K Equity Investment. Philippine startup Salarium: Winner of Seedstars World Competition Ten finalists were selected at the Seedstars World semifinals at the EPFL on February 3rd. In total, five of the ten startups came from Asia, consisting of Singapore’s 6Degrees, a self updating phone book; crowd sourcing […]

Amazon.com CTO Dr. Werner Vogels visits Globe HQ. In photo Vogels is seen with Globe CTO Henry Aguda and @enjoyglobe President and CEO @ernestcu. Dr. Vogels is the special guest at the Kickstart Ventures, Inc.’s Startup Mixer, a regular community event that stimulates interaction and collaboration among startup founders, mentors, and investors, to be held at The Globe Tower in Bonifacio Global City on April 30. http://www.globe.com.ph/press-room/kickstart-startup-community-event. *Photo via Globe press room. Viewed 16046 times by 2789 viewers ADMINJuan Manila Express is a magazine-themed blog of different niche from daily grind to headline news, to entertainment updates and social media related […]